Malware
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4.8KGoogle Says ISPs Helped Attackers Infect Targeted Smartphones with Hermit Spyware
A week after it emerged that a sophisticated mobile spyware dubbed Hermit was used by the government of Kazakhstan within its borders,...
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1.5KState-Backed Hackers Using Ransomware as a Decoy for Cyber Espionage Attacks
A China-based advanced persistent threat (APT) group is possibly deploying short-lived ransomware families as a decoy to cover up the true operational...
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4.4KChinese Hackers Distributing SMS Bomber Tool with Malware Hidden Inside
A threat cluster with ties to a hacking group called Tropic Trooper has been spotted using a previously undocumented malware coded in...
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2.2KRussian Hackers Exploiting Microsoft Follina Vulnerability Against Ukraine
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has cautioned of a new set of spear-phishing attacks exploiting the “Follina” flaw in...
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3.0KEuropol Busts Phishing Gang Responsible for Millions in Losses
Europol on Tuesday announced the dismantling of an organized crime group that dabbled in phishing, fraud, scams, and money laundering activities. The...
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3.1KRIG Exploit Kit Now Infects Victims’ PCs With Dridex Instead of Raccoon Stealer
The operators behind the Rig Exploit Kit have swapped the Raccoon Stealer malware for the Dridex financial trojan as part of an...
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558New ToddyCat Hacker Group on Experts’ Radar After Targeting MS Exchange Servers
An advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed ToddyCat has been linked to a string of attacks aimed at high-profile entities in Europe...
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601Mitigate Ransomware in a Remote-First World
Ransomware has been a thorn in the side of cybersecurity teams for years. With the move to remote and hybrid work, this...
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2.9KDo You Have Ransomware Insurance? Look at the Fine Print
Insurance exists to protect the insured party against catastrophe, but the insurer needs protection so that its policies are not abused –...
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1.8KBRATA Android Malware Gains Advanced Mobile Threat Capabilities
The operators behind BRATA have once again added more capabilities to the Android mobile malware in an attempt to make their attacks...
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4.8KResearchers Uncover ‘Hermit’ Android Spyware Used in Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy
An enterprise-grade surveillanceware dubbed Hermit has been put to use by entities operating from within Kazakhstan, Syria, and Italy over the years...
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BlackCat Ransomware Gang Targeting Unpatched Microsoft Exchange Servers
Microsoft is warning that the BlackCat ransomware crew is leveraging exploits for unpatched Exchange server vulnerabilities to gain access to targeted networks....
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5.1KA Microsoft Office 365 Feature Could Help Ransomware Hackers Hold Cloud Files Hostage
A “dangerous piece of functionality” has been discovered in Microsoft 365 suite that could be potentially abused by a malicious actor to...
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3.6KMaliBot: A New Android Banking Trojan Spotted in the Wild
A new strain of Android malware has been spotted in the wild targeting online banking and cryptocurrency wallet customers in Spain and...
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3.2KPanchan: A New Golang-based Peer-To-Peer Botnet Targeting Linux Servers
A new Golang-based peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet has been spotted actively targeting Linux servers in the education sector since its emergence in March...
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4.0KUnpatched Travis CI API Bug Exposes Thousands of Secret User Access Tokens
An unpatched security issue in the Travis CI API has left tens of thousands of developers’ user tokens exposed to potential attacks,...
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935New Syslogk Linux Rootkit Lets Attackers Remotely Command It Using “Magic Packets”
A new covert Linux kernel rootkit named Syslogk has been spotted under development in the wild and cloaking a malicious payload that...
